Insights for August 2025
04/08/2025 - Soul Patts–Brickworks $14 billion merger: scheme of arrangements finally unwind a 56-year cross-shareholding
04/08/2025 - Strengthening trust: ASIC proposes changes to conflicts management guidance
05/08/2025 - Solar farms and wind farms – Queensland's new regulatory landscape
05/08/2025 - Deemed-service clause doesn’t buy extra time for provision of payment schedule under SOPA
06/08/2025 - Certainty for class action funders as High Court greenlights common fund orders, but plaintiff firms miss out
18/08/2025 - Redeployment or retrenchment? Restructuring your workforce just got harder, following High Court decision
18/08/2025 - AI implementation 01: navigating different perspectives when deploying artificial intelligence
18/08/2025 - Charting new horizons: Five key observations from Australia's Cyber Security Strategy Horizon 2 Discussion Paper
18/08/2025 - ACCC puts franchisors on high alert for Franchising Code breaches
18/08/2025 - CPS 234 compliance countdown: what RSE licensees must do before 31 August
18/08/2025 - A golden age of creditor empowerment? The "good faith" reason not to call requisitioned creditors' meetings
21/08/2025 - No fiduciary duty, no bribe: UK Supreme Court shuts down commission claims
21/08/2025 - Handbrake firmly on: Uber liable for payroll tax on payments to drivers in New South Wales
22/08/2025 - Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix No 136: standard form contracts, challenging payment claim, "cost-plus" arrangements, and misleading or deceptive
22/08/2025 - Made to measure: NSW Government introduces new "Pattern Book Development" legislation to fast-track housing approvals
22/08/2025 - FAR: a catalyst for accountability and stronger governance
22/08/2025 - RoyaltyOne v Century Mine: A real life case study in protecting privilege during due diligence